Is everyone enjoying Donald Trump as much as I am?

[CajunBlazer]

The morning news on my favorite cable network has become real entertainment. I don't ever remember enjoying the antics of someone with an ego the size of Manhattan. It's amazing to watch the other 15 Republicans candidates squirm as he dominates the airways, stealing supporters from just about everyone and causing "establishment" candidates to fret about the damage Trump is doing to their party. The very thought of Trump as a possible third party candidate causes their blood to freeze. My only concern is that Trump will say something that will turn off his most ardent supporters.

However, the Donald, who is not only leading in the polls, but almost doubling Jeb Bush in support, is simply exposing the ugly underbelly of the GOP - its radical far right base. The tea party zealots, religious fundamentalists, and racists are sick and tired of "moderate" Republicans who pander to them with slick rhetoric in the primaries than pivot to the center in order to broaden their appeal for the general election.

The Republican Party’s problem is not Donald Trump, it is the people who make up the beating heart of that party.

[tazkcmo]

1. Yes I am.

I've always said that the best thing a Dem candidate can do to her/his GOP opponent is hand them a microphone.

[gwheezie]

2. This is going to be the bestest GOP fight ever

Every 4 years I wait for the new gop primary season.
Who thought Herman Cain could be topped? And they bring back recurring characters.

[ann---]

3. No

The more I see and hear about him, the
worse I feel about what America has become
that there actually are people who would
support this seriously disturbed individual who
is trying to get elected to the highest office
in our country.

I want to cry.

[flobee1]

11. Im actually having nightmares

Trump has figured out how to turn a serious political race into reality tv and people are eating it up and enjoying it. It scares lhe living shit outta me. The 2016 election, that will decide who runs the country and shapes policy for most fo the world has become american idol and brings me close to tears.

[redwitch]

14. I know what you mean.

It is absolutely shameful. It's the fact that his poll numbers are rising that really upsets me. We are becoming a nation of clowns and I am embarrassed. Proud to be an American? Not lately.

[MoonchildCA]

28. I'm with you.

[MissDeeds]

31. I agree completely

It's disturbing that so many people embrace his hatred, intolerance and total ignorance of world affairs and diplomacy. Trump is an egotistical blow hard with little grasp of politics or the responsibilities of the presidency. I am stunned that so many like this dolt, and at this time, would trust him to hold the most powerful position in the world.

[CajunBlazer]

34. Don't sound so shocked

The right wing radicals that are bolstering Trump's poll numbers have always been there; let's not pretend that we didn't know they existed. Republican politicians have for years been pandering to them using politically correct terms (like when Southern politicians used to talk about "states' rights" as code to say they supported racism) while at the same time pretending that they aren't there.

Trump's poll number merely merely spotlight the raw underbelly of the GOP which doesn't exposed often enough.

[ann---]

39. I'm not sure what the

poll numbers were for other "outsiders" like
Herman Cain, Michelle Bachmann, etc.

I don't they were EVER as high as for this
lunatic. It is too scary and sad.

[pampango]

50. "The right wing radicals ... have always been there". So true. The modern GOP is merely

the organization in which they feel comfortable exposing themselves. I wish right wing radicals did not exist in the U.S. but they always have but also exist in Europe and everywhere else. The key is to outnumber them and to expose the danger they represent.

[Skittles]

63. yup

he is a major embarrassment

[leveymg]

4. A guilty pleasure.

Crude performance art, like Mexican wrestling.

[Chiyo-chichi]

5. No question about it.

I haven't watched the evening network news regularly in a long time, but I've happened to have my local NBC affiliate on when the news begins the last several days. Trump is the lead story every single day. Chuck Todd is right in saying that no other Repubs can get a message out, b/c Trump is taking up all the air time.

If he doesn't get the nomination and runs as an independent, the Republicans are toast.

[Capt. Obvious]

6. Oh yes. My new favorite pastime

Liberal clown CajunBlazer did really poorly on television this morning. Total hypocrite. I am fighting for our Veterans!

Liberal clown CajunBlazer did really poorly on television this morning. Total hypocrite. I am fighting for our Veterans!

[Joe Nation]

7. Donald is the best thing....

to happen to the Democrats in a long time. What a gift. A gift that just keeps on giving, and giving, and giving.... What can I say, thank you Mr. Trump. Perhaps this is how a political party dies. Not with a whimper but people laughing their asses off.

[FrodosPet]

66. Where have I heard that sentiment in the past?

Surely, Americans will reject someone so patently absurd, right? Right?





Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

[ellie]

8. Yes, I most certainly am!

Go Donald Go!
Hahahahahahaha

[brush]

9. He's a pisser all right.

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Can you imagine the repug debates?

Once he gets on a roll, he's gonna dominate that stage and start insulting everyone else.

I'm stocking up on popcorn.

[truebluegreen]

10. I can't wait for the debates.

The Republican party and their pet media* so richly deserve what's coming at them.



* Not sure at this point which is the pet and which the master.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

13. I see them both as

equally intertwined and the current personification, at least to me, is that of the snake devouring its own tail.

[PatrickforO]

30. The media is the master. It is the propaganda organ of Wall Street and the big capitalists

like the Koch brothers.

[Whiskeytide]

12. The performance art is unmatched...

... but there is a game plan. Trump will eventually withdraw. He doesn't really want the job because it's hard and requires work. He just wants to get in front of microphones and bloviate.

But in the meantime, his insanity will help make one of the other "serious" candidates look reasonable by comparison. That might be a good strategy for them if they can keep it from getting TOO out of control. Of course, that's what I'm hoping for. It wouldn't be the first time their strategists created a monster that got away from them.

But I can't deny enjoying the show.

[corkhead]

15. I may actually watch a Faux Nooze produced program in order to see the debate spectacle

Sam Seder's Majority Report has been talking about possibly simulcasting the debate with live commentary ala Mystery Science Theater 3000

[B Calm]

16. if only Obama could run a third term. . . Yes, I'm enjoying their clown show.

[annabanana]

17. I will enjoy it much much more if he 3rd Party's it. . . .n/t

[fadedrose]

18. I get a real kick out of Donald

. . . I wondered how we'd survive the long months till Election 2016, but we've been given a gift in the never-ending sanctimonious comments of the right and the Mouth that arouses them. Today anyway, till something really upsets me, I say "Go Donald."

I wonder how many other phone numbers he has. He could really do a lot of mischief if everyone in DC has to change their phone numbers at the same time...if they haven't already

[Lancero]

19. Both highly amused and scared as hell.

It's hilarious to see the next comment he comes up with after rubbing his two brain cells together, but at the same time it scares the shit out of me with how popular he is.

Seriously - If he wins, the US is FUCKED. All capitals, because yes it will be that bad.

[PatrickforO]

29. Oh yeah. FUCKED. Absolutely no doubt there.

But he won't be. The nut jobs that make up the GOP crazy base make up maybe 5-10% of the voting electorate MAX. There's no way a nut job like Trump will actually get elected.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. Yes, I'm enjoying the hell out of it ...

... as long as he doesn't become president.

[Erose999]

21. He's basically a pro-wrestling heel. A lame immitation of Ric Flair. Trump used to be involved with

the WWF and I would assume he learned a lot from Vince McMahon.

Problem is Trump is nowhere near as smart or as charismatic as Flair. To be the man you gotta beat the man!! WOOOOOOOO!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

24. "The Stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a

gun. WOOOOO!!!"

[Erose999]

45. Learn to love it because its the best thing going today! Woooooo!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

46. Am I a terrible role model by playing my phone's Ric Flair

soundboard for my girlfriend's 9 yr old daughter? Probably.....

[Erose999]

48. Tony Schiavone does the post-game show after UGA football games now. I'm gonna make a customized

soundboard with some Ric Flair clips using Schiavone's name added and call in one day.

"Tony lets be realistic about whats goin' on in life... in the words of so many beautiful women around the world..."

[Gothmog]

22. I am enjoying watching Trump drive everyone mad

[ann---]

44. All Drumpf is doing

is making a complete fool of himself. Shame on his
wife, children, family and friends who don't tell him
to get out and save face.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. I'm not. Because this is one more sign that Idiocracy is actually a documentary. nt

[CajunBlazer]

49. No, you don't understand

We want to remain in the race and continue to do all of the damage possible. I think that it is near impossibility, but if he is the Republican candidate for President, we could not be given a better gift.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

53. Sure, but at the cost of taking the already moronic political discourse we have in this

country and drowning it even further in the cesspool. Give it a few years and..........

[FrodosPet]

67. Have you ever heard of a guy named Reagan?

Or another one named Bush?

[FSogol]

25. Everyone should encourage Trumpy to not let the GOP push him around!

Create the Trump Party! It'll be HUGE!

[0rganism]

26. oh my yes

[PatrickforO]

27. I'm TOTALLY enjoying the Donald!

The thing is, he's horrifying everyone in the GOP because he's telling the truth. The GOP has espoused social Darwinism and bigotry for many years. Donald just isn't couching it in politically correct mumble-speak.

[wilt the stilt]

32. he is actually really funny

Perry, McCain and Graham all deserved it. They threw the first insult. Trump is basically tapping into the same disgruntlement as Bernie sanders. They both hit at "Politics as usual".

[CajunBlazer]

33. I wouldn't put Bernie in the same category as Trump

That's insulting.

[wilt the stilt]

35. I never said Bernie and Trump are equals

I said they tap into the same disgust with politicians as a whole. Look at what a lot of people say about Hilary especially Bernie supporters. She is "politics as usual"

[CajunBlazer]

36. I'm sure they both put on their pants one leg at a time as well, but

.... but I still wouldn't put Trump and Sanders in the same category.

[ann---]

43. It certainly is and

I hate when people do that. Bernie Sanders
has more intelligence and class in his little toe
than the Drumpf has in his whole ugly body.

[ann---]

42. Is this a school yard brawl or a

presidential primary race?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. I would have loved to have seen the look on Lindsey Graham's face when Trump called him

a lightweight, an idiot, and a beggar and gave out his phone number.

[wilt the stilt]

38. I think Lindsey might have said

"oh Fuck". Did i ever screw up.

[kentuck]

40. Summer Entertainment 2015

But it may not last much longer?

[Maeve]

72. Ah, someone else who remembers the term 'silly season' ?

It used to be frying eggs on sidewalks, crazy diving contests, anything to get a laugh and sell a paper when there is no real news....now it's sharks and celebrity baboons showing their butts.

[Blue Owl]

41. All puffed up and full of himself...

What a spectacle!

[Mike Daniels]

47. I'm actually hoping a sink-hole opens up under his feet

The idiot has turned our election process into an ego showcase that's all about him. He's not a serious candidate (more so than some of his opponents), he has no solutions for any of the problems he says the country faces and his entire schtick is insulting his primary opponents.

The faster people get tired of him sucking up the oxygen in the room the better.

[lewebley3]

51. Yes, cann't wait to see what happens next: He is still rising in the polls: Who would quess that!

[blm]

52. Let's say some of us use the energy to support the Iran nuclear deal?????

Obama asked us to call our reps - who is calling?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026998934

[zipplewrath]

54. No

It's derailing any real intelligent conversation and helping the GOP avoid real issues.

[onyourleft]

55. No.

I don't like seeing people make fools of themselves. It is embarrassing and a sad commentary on this country that someone like Trump can have the backing that he does.

[brewens]

56. I'm actually really enjoying T-Rump! I never thought it could be

possible.

[oberliner]

57. No, he makes me sick

That so many people actually support him for president is beyond disturbing.

[CajunBlazer]

60. not really.....

According to a recent Gallop poll only 25% of the voting population identify as Republicans, while 16% say they are independent but lean to the Republican Party. Combined that is 41% of the voting population.

Of that number, the polls which show Trump ahead for the Republican nomination show him favored by 25% of the potential Republican voters.

So the number of all voters presently favoring Trump is 41% X 25% = 10.35% of the potential. If you haven't noticed that at least 10% of the voting population are right wing zealots, you just haven't been paying close attention.

[oberliner]

65. Yes, definitely

Those aren't just right wing zealots. I've had conversations with otherwise reasonable people who support him.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

58. While I enjoy him making the GOP look like fools, the media is failing to cover the real news

instead distracted by the latest bright, shiny thing.

[CajunBlazer]

59. Yep, and they are giving very little coverage to....

other GOP candidates, except when Trump insults them. That is not a bad thing.

[XRubicon]

61. I was...

Until this morning driving to work listening to him giving out Lindsey "the Southern Bell's" number and I actually had fear. The moron is rising in the polls and I cannot image a world with this guy as president.

I hope he goes away quickly.

[CajunBlazer]

62. Be careful what you wish for.....

... I hope that he will be able to stick around until he completely ruins the eventual Republican nominee's chances of getting election. Of course we can always hope that Trump with be their nominee, but I guess that's a bit much to wish for.

The top 10 Republican candidates in the polls will get into first two nationwide debates in August and September so it looks like the Donald will make onto the stage for both events. Trump will suck so much oxygen out of the room the other candidates will have wear gas masks and they will have to wear Teflon to ward of the slings and arrows he will fling their way. I can't wait!

[Adrahil]

64. Yes! He is ...

Exposing the Repugs for who they really are.

[Orsino]

68. It's funny to watch a slate of inept lackeys utterly fail to cope...

...with a dumbass who acts like one of their masters. They're never sure whether to salute him or brisyle, and the unscripted nature of his stunts makes them look about as awkward as they are.

[greymattermom]

70. Unscripted is key

Everyone else is just reading their talking points. No one has to listen to them. The Donald, however, probably pays attention to what's going on around him and, at least, doesn't seem like a robot on stage.

[Vinca]

69. He's terrific . . . absolutely"UGE" and amazing.

[GOLGO 13]

71. He's a magnificent human wrecking ball

He's always angry.
He feels no pain.
He can't be reasoned with!

This is the best version of TRUMP I have ever witnessed. He's a runaway freight train of emotion, anger & spitefulness. He has them spinning in fear of his attack. The phone # thing was just masterful. The ratings for the debates should be spectacular.

Almost every day now, my wife asks me if I see what TRUMP just did? It's glorious.